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Designations of "special libraries" or departments can be found in all types and sizes of libraries both in the profit and non-profit sector. Because many special libraries are in the profit sector, however; much value research comes out of such a service who - technically doesn't "charge" - but must contribute to a bottom line as well as justify not just funding increasing, but their existence and often, annually.
In addition, special libraries in health sciences environments are guided by evidence-based ways of doing business. Hence, the need to gather data and view the library under the lens of the need for proof or evidence illustrating or proving worth and value.
Elmore, Justina M., and Charissa O. Jefferson. 2014. “Business Librarians Donning the Data Hat: Perspectives on This New Challenge.” Public Services Quarterly 10 (3): 252–62.
Matarazzo, James M., and Laurence Prusak. “Valuing Corporate Libraries: A Senior Management Survey.” Special Libraries 81, no. 2 (1990): 102‐110.
Mondschein, Lawrence G. “SDI Use and Productivity in the Corporate Research Environment.” Special Libraries 81, no. 4 (1990): 265‐279.
Shumaker, David. Models of Embedded Librarianship. Special Libraries Association, 2009.
Stratus Consulting. “Business Case for Information Services: EPA’s Regional Libraries and Centers.” 2004.
Veenstra, R. J., and E. H. Gluck. “A Clinical Librarian Program in the Intensive Care Unit.” Critical Care Medicine 20 (1992): 1038‐1042.
Wagner, K. C., and G. D. Byrd. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Clinical Medical Librarian Programs: A Systematic Review of the Literature.” Journal of the Medical Library Association 92 (2004): 14‐33.
Zipperer, Lorri and Sykes, Jan. “Engaging as Partners in Patient Safety: The Experience of Librarians.”Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare. (March/April 2009): 28‐33.
Zipperer, Lorri and Sykes, Jan. “The Role of Librarians in Patient Safety: Gaps and Strengths in the Current Culture.” Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 92 No. 4 (October 2004): 498‐500.